EU PROCESSES ADDRESSING FOREST CONSERVATION:

THE WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE

Zoltán Kun, Executive DirectorPAN Parks Foundation

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What is PAN Parks?

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What is PAN Parks?

PAN Parks works to protect Europe’s wilderness, the continent’s most undisturbed areas of nature.

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The only European-wide organisation focusing on the protection of wilderness areas.

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What is PAN Parks?

Although it is a registered foundation, but we rather like to call it as a movement

Our partners are40+ protected areas10+ conservation organisations50+ tourism and other entrepreneurs

The European Wilderness Preservation System

The political context

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The political context

The two nature directives (Bird and Habitat) provide the framework for designating and managing N2000 sites but there are several challenges such as- Interpretation of FCS- N2000 vs national designation- Planning and managing ...

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November 2008 over 100 organisations signed a resolution (citizens’ call) on wilderness submitted to the EP3 February 2009 the overwhelming majority of the EP adopted the Resolution on Europe’s Wilderness

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The political context

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EC Presidency conferences:- Prague May 2009 conference on wilderness and wild lands resulting the Agenda for Europe’s Wilderness with 24 recommendations- Brussels November 2010 Restoring the Wild Heart of Europe (EU 2020 Biodiv Strategy)- Westport May 2013 wilderness restoration on modified landscape

The political context

EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy includes wilderness linked to forestryEC management guidance recently approvedWilderness register covering the EEA countries (draft expected by October 2013)

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The political context

Beyond the biodiversity and social arguments, there is a moral obligation as well to protect wilderness for future generations

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The political context

WILD10 how far can we go with our vision? Wilderness Convention at COE or....

European Citizens’ Initiative

Wilderness Guidancetrying to avoid anecdotes!

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Guidelines on Wilderness in Natura 2000 sitesManagement of terrestrial wilderness and wild areas within the Natura 2000 NetworkAlterra, Eurosite, PAN Parks

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Wilderness guidance

Downloadable from EC DG Environment website!

Defining wilderness in a European contextA wilderness is an area governed by natural processes. It is composed of native habitats and species, and large enough for the effective ecological functioning of natural processes. It is unmodified or only slightly modified and without intrusive or extractive human activity, settlements, infrastructure or visual disturbance

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Wilderness guidance

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Wilderness guidance

Understanding the difference between rewilding (verb, restoration process) and wilderness (noun, status mainly focused on management)!

Rewilding the hearts and minds of peopleRewilding an area might end up with wilderness

The purpose of this document is to guide the management of those areas in Natura 2000 where the objective of management is to preserve wilderness qualities and consequently the chosen management method is non-intervention or set aside and to present the current knowledge on the benefits of such an objective as well as the consequences...The document does not suggest more wilderness!

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Wilderness guidance

Chapter 1: review of literature and definitionChapter 2: EU policy frameworkChapter 3: ecosystem resillience and pressures for wildernessChapter 4: best practice examplesChapter 5: stakeholder involvement

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Wilderness guidance

Bark beetleForest firesReindeer grazing

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Wilderness guidance

Several best practice examples are submitted and

attached to the document

Examples collected from over 1/3 of habitat types

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Wilderness guidance

31% of habitats are forest, but not exclusively!

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Wilderness management can be implemented throughout Europe not only in East or North!It is bound by and faithful to the EU directivesIt is not legislativeIt is not promoted specifically

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Wilderness guidance

The NGO sector should promote the document!

PAN Parks works to protect

Europe’s wilderness, the

continent’s most undisturbed areas

of nature

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